Mar 07, 2015 | BTU International, Inc., a leading supplier of advanced thermal processing equipment for the electronics manufacturing and alternative energy markets, is pleased to announce that SMarTsol Technologies of Mexico was its top manufacturers’ representative in 2014 for the Americas. Paul Lancaster, BTU’s regional sales manager, presented the award to Ivan Romo, Principal of SMarTsol Technologies S. de R.L. de C.V., during the recent IPC APEX EXPO in San Diego, Calif. SMarTsol brought in the highest revenues in 2014 for BTU in the Americas and increased BTU’s sales in Mexico by 220 percent.

Mar 07, 2015 | SolderStar Ltd, a world leading specialist manufacturer in the design and development of thermal profiling equipment for the lead-free electronics industry, will be highlighting a number of innovative products, including its latest advancement in selective soldering, at SMT Hybrid Packaging in Nuremberg, Germany from 5 – 7th May 2015.

SolderStar is one of the world's leaders in thermal management systems, with over a decade of specializing in the design, development and manufacture of thermal profiling equipment for the lead-free electronics industry.

Mar 05, 2015 | A new study, published by IPC – Association Connecting Electronics Industries® finds evidence that a labor shortage exists for electronics manufacturers and that other business issues make the problem worse for some segments of the industry. Based on data from 107 U.S. and Canadian electronics manufacturers and extensive secondary research, IPC Study of the North American Labor Pool for Electronics Manufacturing assesses the causes of the shortage of qualified labor for electronics manufacturing, and offers solutions.

Mar 05, 2015 | Count On Tools Inc. (COT) announces that it has been awarded a 2015 Circuits Assembly Service Excellence Award for its outstanding customer ratings, as judged by its own customers. Count On Tools was selected for the Automation and Handling Equipment category. Circuits Assembly Editor-in-Chief, Mike Buetow presented the award to Curt Couch, COTs President,during the recent IPC APEX EXPO.

Mar 05, 2015 | Pickering Interfaces is expanding its range of 16 Amp PXI switching solutions. Following the success of the 16 Amp uncommitted relay modules (model 40-161), the company is introducing the following new 16 Amp PXI module families:

Mar 05, 2015 | MIRTEC, “The Global Leader in Inspection Technology,” announces that it has named the Murray Percival Company ‘MIRTEC Manufacturers’ Representative Organization of the Year 2014’. Brian D’Amico, President of MIRTEC Corp., presented the award to the company during the recent IPC APEX EXPO in San Diego, CA.

Mar 05, 2015 | Kurtz Ersa North America, a leading supplier of electronics production equipment, today announced that it will hold a two-day ERSA Versaflow 3 Selective Soldering Level II Maintenance Training Course from April 6, 2015 at 1 p.m. – April 8, 2015 at 12 p.m. at its facility in Plymouth, WI. Students who attend the course will gain the knowledge and hands-on experience to maintain and troubleshoot issues on the Versaflow 3 machines.

Mar 05, 2015 | Metcal is pleased to announce that it has awarded the winner of the fourth annual IPC APEX EXPO® Hand Soldering World Championship with an MX-5210 Metcal Soldering System. Min Seok Kim, with Samsung Thales Co., Ltd., Korea, also was awarded $1,000 by the IPC.

Mar 03, 2015 | The SMTA and CALCE are pleased to announce the new LED Assembly, Reliability, and Test (A.R.T.) Symposium will take place November 17 - 19, 2015 at the Crowne Plaza Midtown in Atlanta, GA.

Mar 03, 2015 | ZESTRON is pleased to announce the release of the 2015 Cleaning Webinar Series schedule. ZESTRON Academy continues to educate production line operators, manufacturing and quality managers as well as process engineers by providing detailed industry knowledge and troubleshooting techniques through workshops, webinars, onsite training, as well as an extensive international technical library. The webinar topics will be presented by ZESTRON Americas’ accredited experts, Umut Tosun, M.S.Ch.E, Application Technology Manager, and Ravi Parthasarathy, M.S.Ch.E., Senior Process Engineer.

Mar 03, 2015 | Nordson DAGE, a division of Nordson Corporation (NASDAQ: NDSN), announces that Peter Koch will present on the subject of “Failure Analysis with X-Ray – in 2D, Tomosynthesis and CT” at the EPP Innovations Forum, scheduled to take place on Thursday, March 12, 2015 at the Kongresshalle in Böblingen, Germany.

Mar 02, 2015 | IPC – Association Connecting Electronics Industries® presented Committee Leadership, Distinguished Committee Service and Special Recognition Awards at IPC APEX EXPO® at the San Diego Convention Center. The awards were presented to individuals who made significant contributions to IPC and the industry by lending their time and expertise through IPC committee service.

Mar 02, 2015 | The SMTA is pleased to announce the program for the 9th Annual International Conference on Soldering and Reliability being held May 19-21, 2015 in Markham, Ontario, Canada. The event will be co-located with the SMTA Toronto Expo.

Mar 02, 2015 | Nordson YESTECH, a division of Nordson Corporation (NASDAQ: NDSN), is pleased to announce that it has received a 2015 Circuits Assembly Service Excellence Award (SEA) from Circuits Assembly in the Test and Inspection Equipment category. The company received the Service Excellence Award for its outstanding customer ratings.

Mar 02, 2015 | PORTLAND, MAINE – VisionMaster® introduced the first member of the VisionMaster 600 family, the latest in the evolution of the original VisionMaster® world-class benchtop SPI systems at APEX. The fully-automatic A600 features the smallest 3D non-contact SPI sensor head in the world, which was crafted by miniaturizing the technology in the popular A500X. A smaller sensor translates to a more efficient motion system, lower vibrations and settling time – which results in higher accuracies at higher speeds. A600's fully automatic set-and-forget SPI system is optimal for monitoring and tweaking your solder paste printing process. The standard A600 handles larger board sizes – 18 in. x 16 in. – and is very economical at $29,999.

Feb 26, 2015 | Wisman High Voltage Power Supply Co.,Ltd. showed X-ray generator,DC high voltage power supply,and Modular high voltage power supply etc.It is understand that,The majority of XRF manufacturers all used Wisman X-ray generator. Moreover,Wisman Company can make HVPS customer in made as users demands.

Feb 26, 2015 | Wisman High Voltage Power Supply Co., Ltd was more than once successfully repaired many X-ray generators of XRF Venus200/Venus100 which is producted by Holland Panalytical(formerly Holland Philips analytical)

Feb 26, 2015 | Wisman High Voltage Power Supply Co., Ltd was more than once successfully repaired many X-ray generators of the high performance WDXRF Axios which is manufactured by Holland Panalytical(formerly Holland Philips analytical).

Feb 25, 2015 | JOT Automation introduce an automated test solution for operators enabling a full system test coverage of all types of Android devices. JOT G3 with Profilence Tau speeds up the time-to-market and cuts total costs by testing the entire device in a reliable and repeatable environment.

We develop test and production solutions for smart products, components and electronics. We are global partner for several industry leading companies including telecom, automotive and life science industries.

Feb 25, 2015 | The Nominating and Governance Committee of the IPC Board of Directors presented six candidates for election at the IPC Annual Meeting today, held in conjunction with IPC APEX EXPO 2015 at the San Diego Convention Center. Three candidates were selected for term renewal and three were elected as first-time directors. All six Board members will serve a four-year term.

Feb 25, 2015 | KIC is pleased to announce that it received 2015 Circuits Assembly Service Excellence Award (SEA) from Circuits Assembly in the Soldering Equipment category. The company was selected for the Service Excellence Award as a result of its outstanding customer ratings, as judged by its own customers. This marks KIC’s fifth Service Excellence Award.

Feb 25, 2015 | Europlacer announces that it has been awarded a 2015 Circuits Assembly Service Excellence Award in the category of Pick-and-Place Equipment for its outstanding customer service, as judged by its own customers.

Feb 25, 2015 | MIRTEC, “The Global Leader in Inspection Technology,” was awarded a 2015 Circuits Assembly Service Excellence Award in the category of Test & Inspection for its outstanding customer ratings, as judged by its own customers.

Feb 25, 2015 | Count On Tools Inc. (COT) announces that it has been awarded a 2015 Circuits Assembly Service Excellence Award for its outstanding customer
ratings, as judged by its own customers. Count On Tools was selected for the
Automation and Handling Equipment category.

Feb 25, 2015 | KYZEN announced today that it has been honored with the 2015 Circuits Assembly Service Excellence Award in the category of Cleaning/Processing for its outstanding customer ratings, as judged by its own customers. This marks KYZEN’s ninth (9th) Circuits Assembly Service Excellence Award based on customer ratings.

Feb 25, 2015 | Vi TECHNOLOGY announces that it has been awarded a 2015 NPI Award in the category of Software – Process Control for its Sigma Review Software. The award was presented to the company during a Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2015 ceremony that took place at the San Diego Convention Center during the IPC APEX EXPO.

Vi TECHNOLOGY is a worldwide global supplier of a wide range of innovative Automated Inspection AOI, 3D-SPI equipment and software solutions that provide real time data collection and correlation across the SMT line.

Feb 25, 2015 | BTU International, Inc. announces that it has been awarded a 2015 NPI award in the category of Software – Production for its ENERGY PILOT software. The award was presented to the company during a Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2015, ceremony that took place at the San Diego Convention Center during the IPC APEX EXPO.

Feb 25, 2015 | ViTrox Technologies, announces that it has been awarded two 2015 NPI Awards in the categories of Test & Inspection – AOI and AXI for its V810 S2 EX In-Line AXI and V510 Optimus 3D AOI. The awards were presented to the company during a Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2015 ceremony that took place at the San Diego Convention Center during the IPC APEX EXPO. The addition of the two awards bring ViTrox to a total of 10 industry awards for its AXI and AOI capabilities.

Feb 25, 2015 | KYZEN received the 2015 NPI Award for excellence in the category of Cleaning Materials for its AQUANOX® A4708 pH Neutral Electronic Assembly Cleaning Chemistry. The award was presented during a Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2015 ceremony that took place at the San Diego Convention Center during the IPC APEX EXPO.